Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 28, 2006
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States. He was born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. And he served as President from 1923-1929. Both his dry wit and brevity with words became legendary. His wife, Grace, told of the time when a young woman was sitting next to Coolidge at
...read more
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Doug Lyon on Dec 11, 2006
Harry Ironside was pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. An elderly man once came to him and said, “I will not go on unless I know I’m saved, or else know it’s hopeless to seek to be sure of it. I want a definite witness, something I can’t be mistaken about!”
Ironside replied, “Suppose you had a
...read more
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,830 views
Charles Swindoll once said of his father:
My dad died last night. He left like he had lived. Quietly. Graciously. With dignity. Without demands or harsh words or even a frown. He surrendered himself into the waiting arms of his Savior. As I stroked his hair from his forehead and kissed him
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,036 views
There’s a Methodist minister named J. Gordon Melton who has an interesting hobby. He collects lists of church denominations in the United States... and his research has revealed there are 1517 different recognized denominations in USA. He includes all kinds of groups, including cults such as the
...read more
Tags:
COMPLETELY INNOCENT?
Have you ever been accused of something when you were completely innocent? The time that stands out in my mind was a traffic ticket. Now don't get me wrong ... I've had plenty of traffic tickets when I was pretty much guilty. But this time, I was completely innocent.
When
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Sep 27, 2008
For one couple it went like this: She said, “Dear what would you do if I died?” The husband said, “I would be at my wits end and very upset!” His wife said, “Would you remarry?” Her husband said, “No, of course not!” Then she said, “Don’t you like being married?” He said, “Of course I do” So she
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
Some of you know Helen Schaaf. I shared with the church her current physical struggles a few weeks ago. She had debilitating back pain that was making walking excruciatingly painful; finally, her doctor diagnosed a treatment for her. She had an injection in her spine so that she could walk
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
FLYING A PLANE DOWN
Robert and his pilot friend Wesley went for a flying trip from Indianapolis to Muncie, Indiana, in June 1998. During the flight, his pilot had a heart attack and slumped over the controls. He was dead. The Cessna 172 single-engine plane began to nosedive and Robert grabbed the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 17, 2010
based on 1 rating
| 2,102 views
On the news recently a former federal police chief Mick Keelty went into the witness box to PLEAD FOR MERCY for the "drug mule" SCOTT RUSH who is condemned to death before a firing squad in Bali. Scott Rush is only 24 years old. He is one of four Australians who were arrested in Bali in 2005, with
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
based on 3 ratings
| 9,049 views
MEMORIAL DAY: REMEMBER THE MARTYRS
It’s honorable and fitting this morning we remember the sacrifice of our nation’s great veterans, who gave their lives on battlefields abroad and here at home. By some estimates, nearly 1.3 million Americans have shed their blood and died for freedom’s cause.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Tim Harlow on May 13, 2009
based on 3 ratings
| 5,093 views
MARRIAGE CONFLICT AND FORKLIFTS
Ephesians 4:26 says, "In your anger do not sin."
Best story I read on this, as I was doing research this week, was about a woman who attacked her house with a forklift. This is the news report:
Diane Fittipaldi, 2013 Sunset Lane, told Municipal Court Judge Levi
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
based on 1 rating
| 3,866 views
Brother Jim H. Warren, my mentor and father in the faith; had witnessed my preaching on several occasions while I was in training under him, in Biloxi, MS, in 1967. He was a dynamic preacher; full of faith and powerful in his delivery of the word of God. After hearing my second sermon, he felt the
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Sermon Central